Plunge waterfalls

Water drops vertically and loses contact with the bedrock behind it. Below are the 80 plunge waterfalls in this guide, ranked by documented height.

By Reese Calder, Field Guide Editor · Updated Jun 22, 2026

#	Waterfall	State	Height	Type	Access
1	Hiʻilawe Falls	Hawaii	1,450 ft	Plunge	Backcountry
2	Bridalveil Fall	California	617 ft	Plunge	Short hike
3	ʻAkaka Falls	Hawaii	442 ft	Plunge	Short hike
4	Upper Whitewater Falls	North Carolina	411 ft	Plunge	Short hike
5	Feather Falls	California	410 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
6	Waimoku Falls	Hawaii	400 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
7	Mānāwaiopuna Falls (Jurassic Falls)	Hawaii	400 ft	Plunge	Backcountry
8	Bridal Veil Falls	Colorado	365 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
9	Lower Yellowstone Falls	Wyoming	308 ft	Plunge	Short hike
10	Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River	Wyoming	308 ft	Plunge	Short hike
11	Hanakāpīʻai Falls	Hawaii	300 ft	Plunge	Backcountry
12	Salt Creek Falls	Oregon	286 ft	Plunge	Roadside
13	Box Canyon Falls	Colorado	285 ft	Plunge	Short hike
14	Fish Creek Falls	Colorado	283 ft	Plunge	Short hike
15	Watson Falls	Oregon	272 ft	Plunge	Short hike
16	Snoqualmie Falls	Washington	268 ft	Plunge	Roadside
17	Fall Creek Falls	Tennessee	256 ft	Plunge	Short hike
18	Latourell Falls	Oregon	224 ft	Plunge	Short hike
19	Taughannock Falls	New York	215 ft	Plunge	Short hike
20	Hemmed-In Hollow Falls	Arkansas	209 ft	Plunge	Backcountry
21	Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls	Arkansas	209 ft	Plunge	Backcountry
22	Perrine Coulee Falls	Idaho	197 ft	Plunge	Short hike
23	Fairy Falls	Wyoming	197 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
24	Sitting Bull Falls	New Mexico	150 ft	Plunge	Short hike
25	Mānoa Falls	Hawaii	150 ft	Plunge	Short hike
26	Kings Bluff Falls	Arkansas	114 ft	Plunge	Short hike
27	Yahoo Falls	Kentucky	113 ft	Plunge	Short hike
28	Virgin Falls	Tennessee	110 ft	Plunge	Backcountry
29	DeSoto Falls	Alabama	104 ft	Plunge	Short hike
30	Rainbow Falls	California	101 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
31	Havasu Falls	Arizona	100 ft	Plunge	Backcountry
32	Tumalo Falls	Oregon	97 ft	Plunge	Roadside
33	Cedar Falls	Arkansas	95 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
34	Abiqua Falls	Oregon	92 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
35	Marymere Falls	Washington	90 ft	Plunge	Short hike
36	Noccalula Falls	Alabama	90 ft	Plunge	Roadside
37	Williamsport Falls	Indiana	90 ft	Plunge	Roadside
38	Angel Falls	Maine	90 ft	Plunge	Short hike
39	Upper Calf Creek Falls	Utah	88 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
40	Cane Creek Falls	Tennessee	85 ft	Plunge	Short hike
41	Tunnel Falls	Indiana	83 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
42	McWay Falls	California	80 ft	Plunge	Short hike
43	Rainbow Falls	Hawaii	80 ft	Plunge	Roadside
44	Cattail Falls	Texas	80 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
45	Rainbow Falls (Waiānuenue)	Hawaii	80 ft	Plunge	Roadside
46	Natural Falls	Oklahoma	77 ft	Plunge	Short hike
47	Natural Falls (Dripping Springs Falls)	Oklahoma	77 ft	Plunge	Short hike
48	Dry Falls	North Carolina	75 ft	Plunge	Short hike
49	Sahalie Falls	Oregon	73 ft	Plunge	Roadside
50	Falling Waters Falls	Florida	73 ft	Plunge	Short hike
51	Potem Falls	California	70 ft	Plunge	Short hike
52	Cascade Falls	Virginia	69 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
53	Glen Ellis Falls	New Hampshire	64 ft	Plunge	Short hike
54	Smith Falls	Nebraska	63 ft	Plunge	Short hike
55	High Falls of the Baptism River	Minnesota	63 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
56	Foster Falls	Tennessee	60 ft	Plunge	Short hike
57	Big Clifty Falls	Indiana	60 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
58	Awosting Falls	New York	60 ft	Plunge	Short hike
59	Muddy Creek Falls	Maryland	53 ft	Plunge	Short hike
60	Sturtevant Falls	California	50 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
61	Greeter Falls	Tennessee	50 ft	Plunge	Short hike
62	Hamilton Pool Falls	Texas	50 ft	Plunge	Short hike
63	Susan Creek Falls	Oregon	50 ft	Plunge	Short hike
64	Greeter Falls (Lower)	Tennessee	50 ft	Plunge	Short hike
65	Miners Falls	Michigan	50 ft	Plunge	Short hike
66	Cascade Falls (Matthiessen State Park)	Illinois	45 ft	Plunge	Short hike
67	Eagle Falls	Kentucky	44 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
68	Eaton Canyon Falls	California	40 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
69	Westcave Falls	Texas	40 ft	Plunge	Short hike
70	St. Louis Canyon Falls	Illinois	40 ft	Plunge	Short hike
71	Elakala Falls	West Virginia	35 ft	Plunge	Short hike
72	Flat Lick Falls	Kentucky	33 ft	Plunge	Short hike
73	Glory Hole Falls	Arkansas	30 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
74	Hedge Creek Falls	California	30 ft	Plunge	Short hike
75	Cibecue Falls	Arizona	30 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
76	Brownstone Falls	Wisconsin	30 ft	Plunge	Short hike
77	Stinging Fork Falls	Tennessee	30 ft	Plunge	Moderate hike
78	Rock Falls (Sicily Island Falls)	Louisiana	17 ft	Plunge	Short hike
79	Lost Creek Falls	Nevada	—	Plunge	Short hike
80	Twin Falls	Hawaii	—	Plunge	Short hike

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